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The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
In the Age of AI, Build “Platforms,” Not “Products”
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With this in mind, as with every platform, there exists a constant tension between value creation and value extraction. Substack is no exception to this. Virtually all the large platforms of today started off by initially focusing on value creation for their users and enabling them to succeed. Once users were successful and dependent on the platfor... See more
Patrick Mayr • User Owned Platforms
Today’s dominant internet platforms are built on aggregating users and user data. As these platforms have grown, so has their ability to provide value — thanks to the power of network effects — which has enabled them to stay ahead.
Scott Kominers • Why Build in Web3
Platform building is, by definition, a kind of exercise in emergent behavior. The tiny Scleractinia polyp isn’t actively trying to create an underwater Las Vegas, but nonetheless out of its steady labor—imbibing algae and erecting those aragonite skeletons—a higher-level system emerges.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
According to Bill Gates (as told by Chamath Palihapitiya), a “platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it, exceeds the value of the company that creates it.”
Matthew Ball • Virtual Platforms and the Metaverse — MatthewBall.co
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
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